Compares the larvae of ridingsii and semicrocea, noting the vulnerability of ridingsii to annual burning but semicrocea is able to survive better due to its frequent pupation in moss and other surface stubble rather than in the old, dead leaves of the host plants

Microlepidoptera from the Black Mountain region of North Carolina, with descriptions of new species

Bull. American Museum of Natural History 23:153-168

Includes the results of surveys made in the Black Mountains by W. Beutenmueller (Am. Mus. Nat. Hist), which extended from 1895 to 1912. The localities sampled by Beutenmueller were described in more detail in his article (1903)on the beetles of this region given in the Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. History 19:511-519.

In: LaRoe, E.T., G.S. Farris, C.E. Puckett, P.D. Doran, and M.J. Mac (eds.) Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service; Washington. pp. 166-168